Switch mechanism



PATENTED JAN, 12', 1904. J. W, OSBORNE. SWITCH MECHANISM.

APPLIOATIOK FILED 111.117, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. OSBORNE, OF EXETER, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM MoCALEB, OFBLUFFS, ILLINOIS.

SWITCH MECHANISM.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 749,626, dated January12, 1904:.

Application filed March 17, 1903.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. OSBORNE, a citizen of the United States,anda resident of Exeter, in the county of Scott and State of Illinois,have invented a new and Improved,

Switch Mechanism, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to improvements in switch mechanism for railways,the object being to provide a mechanism of this character of simpleconstruction that may be operated in one direction by a device carriedby a car and under the control of the motorman or other attendant.

I will describeaswitch mechanism embodying my invention and then pointout the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a switch mechanism embodying myinvention, and Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. 7

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a switch-tongue having swingingconnection with a main rail 2, and 3 is another switchtongue havingswinging connection with a siding or switch-rail 4;. These tongues 1 and3 are connected to an operating-rod 5, extended underneath one of therails and outward to one side thereof and guided through a block 6. Aspring 7 is connected at one end to the block 6 and at the other end toapin 8, attached to the rod 5. This spring is a draw-spring and isdesigned to move the tongues in connection with the main rails, asindicated in Fig. 2. One member of an angle-lever 9 is Serial No.148,192. (No model.)

ried by a car. This tappet-bar is movable Vertically through a guide 17,attached to the car by means of an angle-lever 18, having a slot in oneof its members, into which a pin on said tappet-bar extends. To theother member of this angle-lever 18 a draw-rod 19 is pivoted, theforward end of said rod 19 being pivoted to an operating-lever 20,mounted on the platform of the car.

In the operation should it be desired to switch the car from the maintrack the motorman or other attendant by moving the lever 20 to theposition indicated in the dotted lines in Fig. 1 will cause thetappet-bar 16 to be moved downward, so as to engage with the arm 15 ofthe lever 13. As the car moves along this lever,13 will be tilted to theposition indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, thus moving theswitch-points to the positions indicated in the dotted lines in Fig. 2,and these tongues will be held in such position by the wheels of thecar. As soon as the car or cars shall have passed over the switch thespring 7 will move the switch-tongues to normal position-that is, intoconnection with the main track or rails.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a switch mechanism, the combination withrailway-rails of swinging switch-tongues,

one side of the track, a spring for moving the rod in one direction, anangle-lever having a slot in one of its members, a pin on the rodpassing into said slot, a lever at one side of the track, and a rodhaving one end pivoted to said lever and the other end pivoted to saidangle-lever.

2. Ina switch mechanism, the combination with railway-rails, of swingingswitch-tongues, a rod connecting the tongues and extended outward to oneside of the track, a block in which the rod engages, a springsurrounding the rod and connected at one end to said block, a pin a rodconnecting the tongues and extended to In testimony whereof I havesigned my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribingWitnesses. JOHN W. OSBORNE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. TIPPIT, A. W. PATTON.

